The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-11-09
Editor Laurens ADVERTISER:

a<otCoS L$uUFUNS auCGTCISGTs
A certain II signing himself
"Jim" In the issue of November, of
the Clinton Enterprise, passes the
most awful Judgement on our cor
respondents ut Clinton provoked
by his remarks in the ADVERTISERS
on the visit Of Mr. Leitch to Clin-
ton. AS u calm observer, l am
prepared to say that Mr. l.eitch
certainly did do good in sur town,
In waking up christians and adding
others to the churches. But his
FIRST few sermons were certainly
nothing promising in the way Of
pure gospel. Indeed, up to Sab
bath night they were such that
more than II minister informed
me of their disapproval of his meth
DDS, while some of the "staid and
steady" citizens did stay away dur
ing the week, which provoked
from Mr.. Lcitch in his Thursday
nights sermon, a remark against
them as being "eStablishcd." Mr..
Marshall, tho coadjutor Of Mr.
Leitch, informed me that in every
few sermons, the citizens we're
ready to drive them from the place,
ON account of what your cores
pendent citcs--his too plain and
rough expression. SO, all that can
be charged to your correspondent
is that he was II little too previous,
mailing, as l suppose he did, his
correspondence Saturday night
when public opinion was certainly
not in favor Of Mr. Leitch as II
spiritual leader. our lfonthiy, lust
out says, ellis Mr. Lcitch'sJ open
ing services, in which he used II
good deal ofjoke and r%etort, did
not allay that [preconccivcdj pref
udiCc."
The above named "Jim" cOntin-
uc5 in his raillery against your cor.
respondent concerning mail facili-
ties, and making his corrcSpon-
dcncc appear in n decidedly per-
sonal light. 1t has been my under
standing heretofore that II CORES
pondcnt wrote for the good of his
community, but "Jim" gives us Il
new idea. Are the good effort of
correspondents to be thrown in
their teeth because Of one obnOX-
i0us paragraph? business mel of
Clinton can merely appreciate the
suggestion of your correspondent.
Ef"Jim's' example is to be follow
ed, the purifiers of our land, the
newspapers will find their county
correspondence falling off.
Then "Jim" goes on in his vitu-
pcration, pulling OF his coat in the
auS of"his" paper. Now, Jun,
the Editorof Enterprise have shown
themselves to be abundantly able
to "kick" when bitten, without an
outsider sticking in his quill, but
the world might think this of you
because OF your efforts; that be-
cause you cannot underSell and
drive the unwelcomc neXt-door cor
respondent out of town or one of
your crony friends advised, YOU
can attain the same end by chica-
merry and vituperation. OfcourSc,
have too high an opinion Of you
to accuse .yOu Ofsuch 4 little mean,
undetermined, cowardly thing, but
the world might.
But the most wonderful part Of
"Jim's" article, is the marvellous
sclf-complacency with which he
tells of his knccling for prayer
with the richest man in town.
Does money bring down GODS
blessing? Would you have told it
if you and Bob Griffin had knclt
together? Judge not, that yc be
not judged.
Mind, "Jim" Is arc's lots Of hyp-
ocrisy outside OF the pharisecs; but
no II w<u.d uccus you of hypo-
crisy. If you get any good out Of
praying under Mr.. Lcitch, show 1t
to the world and Your next door
ncighbor by charitable WOrks and
not by abusive gds,. Remember,
JIM, n gas bag is good for nothing,
but it does create IL very unSavory
smell around.
The above article has been writ
ten that all parties may be repre-
scntcd fairly and that the public
may not be toe ready to give their
kick to Il dog, because he is down.
JUSTICE.